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| Author | Topic: Will we be acknowledged? |
| CClark |
posted 11-23-98 01:37 PM ET  
Those of you who played Fallout and Fallout 2 will know that the members of the boarrd community were givena thanks in the manual and online credits. In Fallout it was just a general thanks to the fans who provided input via the board. For Fallout 2 there was a general thanks for all the ideas and input as well as a special thanks to some of the groups that formed on the board. Also, there were some "in jokes" in the game for people who hung out on the boards. From the screenshots at IGN, it looks like there will be at least one "in joke" with the city named Ohio (assuming it wasn't renamed from a default by the person playing). Just wondering if anyone thinks Firaxis will offer up any kind of recognition to it's patient (and in some cases, very long term) fans. A "thank you" in the manual, even more "in jokes" than just Ohio. (If they work NIM into the game somehow--in any way, I'm going to ROTFLMAO as DJ would say!) And if anyone from Firaxis reads this, yes, it will absolutely make my day if the default name for the first Gaian underwater city is "Eden Lagoon". If anyone else wants to put in blatant plugs for their own self-serving "put me in the game" bits, feel free to do so here. |
| Imran Siddiqui |
posted 11-23-98 04:03 PM ET
You know what, I'd really like to see the Brotherhood of Sid in the game, as a random event or something. Like: "Morgan Industries explorers stumble on the headquarters of a group called the Brotherhood of Sid. Morgan Industries gains one tech advance for assimilating the BoS members into their empire, and learnig much from them."  Imran Siddiqui |
| Gord McLeod |
posted 11-23-98 05:41 PM ET
It'd be interesting to find the ruins of various clubhouses around the world, original purpose and dedication unknown, but which always manage to boost the morale of the unit that finds it. |
| Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey |
posted 11-23-98 06:28 PM ET
If the story gets in the manual, I'm already acknowledged!! Sweet. But if not, I just wanna see NIM somewhere in there. If they have a little extra time, Fnord, Azugal, & Brocolli would be cool too.... Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general(put that in too! |
| AUH20 |
posted 11-23-98 07:56 PM ET
There has GOT to be something for Thomas A. Stobie in there. |
| Shining1 |
posted 11-23-98 10:36 PM ET
NIM must be a special project - even if it turns out to be something fairly mundane, like, oh... Nano-Interactive Medicine. Fnord and Azugal would both make excellent citys, as would many forum member's names. |
| Shining1 |
posted 11-23-98 10:48 PM ET
On second thoughts, it's the techonology/military descriptions that would most make sense to include names, especially the early ones. For instance: Fusion Core (tech): Fanatic Rush (special ability): Obviously there is scope for better dialogue, but this area could make for some very funny in-jokes, without confusing the ordinary players. |
| DHE_X2 |
posted 11-23-98 11:17 PM ET
Hydroponic farms, first made to be completely self contained by a Professor D.H.Edwards, are a vital part of any thriving colony. Dna Hydrolizing Emissions, the most dangerous kind of pollution, which threatens to wipe out all life on Planet, are found in great concentration near Morgan cities. Doctrine: Humanitarian Expansion, one of a number of treatises authored by D.H.Edwards, allows for the expansion of colonies and the developement of true cities without affecting population happiness or health. |
| SnowFire |
posted 11-24-98 12:07 AM ET
Let's not forget Nimberries on the surface and the virulent azugal strain of Xenofungus. |
| DCA |
posted 11-24-98 05:42 AM ET
A city called fnord would just be totally magnificently wondrously great!!! There would be like at least three different groups of people that would all think it's their joke! HA! Disinformation, conspiracies within conspiracies, jokes inside jokes, obfuscation to the third degree... Anyway, the true meaning of fnord might be glimpsed at http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~jimcclur/fnord.html (but then again, maybe not). DCA, |
| Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey |
posted 11-24-98 10:36 PM ET
I didn't see any meaning to fnord, just the word fnord scrolling down the screen. Somebody must of been REAL bored.  Anyway, I wanna see a Secret Project named the IIIS. It gives the factions a reduction in science production, due to it wasting so much time & money trying to invent experimental drugs, for non-existant diseases, meanwhile launching weird creatures to take people over!!! Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general, |
| Arnelos |
posted 11-24-98 11:17 PM ET
A PK city named Arnelos would be the best. However, perhaps some level of doctrinal or political/social science research can have the originating idea be attributed to a certain Dr. Benjamin Bush (Arnelos). I would think that such a thing along the lines of some of the original discussion from the tech forums would be apropriate (I was either the only person starting social science threads in either old tech forums or the new forums, but I may be forgetting something.). I would think one of the futuristic societies or some level of humanistic philosophy concerning inter-state relations or domestic political outcomes or societal values could have the idea attributed to me (although obviously the faction that gets the tech would be the ones who fully researched it.) |
| Arnelos |
posted 11-24-98 11:36 PM ET
You all have just witnessed a true rarity in the SMAC forums, a short Arnelos post. Well, on to more self-serving: Can I be Lal's good pal like Raymond is to Zakharov? I've been talking about how cool it would be for me to have a political science discussion with Pravin Lal sharing our joint commitment to humanism. We could discuss the importance of humanistic ethics in society along with the importance of careful and conciliatory diplomacy. TO NON SELF-SERVING THINGS: Name a city Ohio :-) Name a hierarchy of names for each faction from the U.N.S. Unity crewlist along with people in the factions based upon each person's chosen faction (**NOTE**: Firaxis could just e-mail everyone to ask faction choice and then narrow down from among the choices with people's real names, obtained from the U.N.S. Unity roster or their posting profile). As I said before, but should probably clarify, the real names could be used for the occasional name-drop of an diplomat, researcher, general, politician, buerocrat, businessman, spy, common soldier or worker, etc. You could possibly ask for preference in the e-mail. THUS, YYYH could be a Spartan General up there in the command hierarchy with Coronel Santiago, Imran could be an important Morganite businessman, Brother Greg could be a PK diplomat, etc. BTW, I would want to be: Arnelos |
| Octopus |
posted 11-24-98 11:53 PM ET
A random event which can strike any faction with a "free access to information" policy: "The high frequency of updates to our central database has resulted in important reserach files being lost into some sort of Nexus. Our technicians are working to restore the lost information, but we estimate that we've already lost 100 research points due to the problem." |
| Hothram Upravda |
posted 11-24-98 11:54 PM ET
The American General who probibly says that has got to be Patton, George C. Either that or Custer Hothram Upravda |
| Spoe |
posted 11-24-98 11:57 PM ET
No, I think it's YYYH. |
| Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey |
posted 11-25-98 12:02 AM ET
Ok, did my simple Spartan mind miss something?? What would Patton or Custer say?? What would YYYH say?? YYYH says a lot of incoherant jumbles of words! Excuse the Spartan mindframe. WAR WAR WAR WAR WAR WAR WAR Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general, |
| SnowFire |
posted 11-25-98 01:37 AM ET
Firaxis, if you're reading this, here was the blatant mug for a story appearance I wrote up earlier: <Ensign Ingraham walks into the room. He is youthful and has the enthusiasm of an idealist in his face> Miriam: Ingraham, do you know why you were the only other chaplain woken up? Ingraham: No, ma�am. Miriam: Ma�am, hehe, I like that. You were woken up because I knew I could trust you. I have a little mission for you... Ingraham: Yes? Miriam: It's the weapons in the weapons storage area. There are guards to keep out the Spartans, but not us. Do you understand what I want? Ingraham: Not really... Miriam: It's very simple. This stun gun should knock those idiots unconscious while making it look like a Spartan attack. You then unlock the vault and take out a box of shredder pistols, and you will bring them to Cryogenics Cell Block C4. I will be waiting there. Any questions? Ingraham: Um... Miriam: Good. We have to hurry. Ingraham: But chaplain's aren't allowed to carry sidearms. Miriam: Sometimes working for God means having to bend the rules a little bit. Later on in the story (that I don't have dialogued out) we find out that the "stun gun" actually kills the guards, but Ingraham doesn't realize that yet. He takes them to the cell block, where he finds Miriam with a list of people she thinks will support her. When Ingraham asks how, she shows the psych profiles she "obtained" from the ship's computer. They place shredder pistols in all the specified people's lockboxes, but the seeds have been planted for Ingraham's later dramatic betrayal of Godwinson to another faction. (comments to FIRAXIS: Miriam is too peaceful and likable right now. We need to see her dark side. I wish I could have thought of a more evil mission for her to give Ensign Ingraham, but she needs to be seen as the fanatical megalomaniac we think she is in the actual game. She needs to be shown that she will endanger the mission to further HER goals, just as the Spartans endanger the mission to further their goals.) |
| DJ RRebel |
posted 11-25-98 03:16 AM ET
CClark ... it would be more like LMAOROTFWMGSAOTP !!! Anyways, Mount N1M would be cool !!! the Ying-Yang Yoddel Hills !!! Instead of the Uranium plains >>> the EuRolandium plains !!! |
| AUH20 |
posted 11-25-98 11:21 PM ET
I wouldn't mind being Morgan's CFO or COO-just call me Minister Goldwater! |
| Borodino |
posted 11-26-98 12:24 AM ET
Random things taken from the various chronicles would be nice ... My fictive persona would be a start [although only if I wouldn't lose the right to the name for my own fiction...] Also, the explora-trains would be cool. What else...? Jeremy Allan Borodino Oh! A mention of the Olympians would be appreciated - although the lowly and humble spellweaver could never expect such high honor, the great and mighty Transcended Ones deserve such respect. |
| Firehawk |
posted 11-26-98 01:17 AM ET
As fun for us as it would be, making SMAC a barrel full of inside jokes, no way that will happen. What we need to do is think of ways to put in inside jokes while making them invisible/unobtrusive to outsiders. See the 7th post on this thread, "Fusion Core (tech): developed in the early twenty-first century by a research group led by noted industrialist T.A Stobie..." etc. That's the way to do it. Lets try to think up some more like that, that someone not in the inside of the joke wouldn't think is odd; they just wouldn't know the real meaning. |
| DHE_X2 |
posted 11-26-98 01:23 AM ET
This could be done by using names based off of our user names, ex: T.A. Stobie, D.H.Edwards, etc. |
| Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey |
posted 11-26-98 02:45 AM ET
*Y*anni *o*r *Y*ablo, *o*n *Y*our *O*wn *H*ome *E*ntertainment s*Y*stem!!! Probably the best I can think of! I liked that suggestion by Shining1, the +3 assalut was it?? Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general, |
| tOFfGI |
posted 11-26-98 05:05 AM ET
Some Faction Songs based on ours would be cool... or spartans eating babies... A Dr. Johan Palme, dangerous subversive rebel within the UoP would be appreciated... |
| Spoe |
posted 11-26-98 06:12 AM ET
How about at UoP they have the Stodola Professor Of Engineering. A twofold reference to me(Stodola is my RL last name). |
| DJ RRebel |
posted 11-26-98 07:26 AM ET
hmmmn .. I guess most references to us will really be in the story !!! It's almost over too ... I guess that there's not much hope for the rest of us getting scweezed in !!! |
| THE DG IN EXILE |
posted 11-26-98 11:34 AM ET
Hello to all! Yes, this is <<<the>>> DG. I am in exile because my computer is in open revolt, and is not allowing me to use the internet. so I am on a freind's coomputer, and had to make a new screen-name because i forgot my old password! Anyway, is that "Raymond" in the story me perhaps? It seems likely..... Well, wish I could stay to chat, but breakfast awaits... Advinius Longinus Aurelius, NIM SMAC FNORD PLIB ZORT |
| DJ RRebel |
posted 11-26-98 11:39 AM ET
Who knows .. it might if your name is Raymond !!! LOL |
| THE DG IN EXILE |
posted 11-26-98 12:00 PM ET
It sure is. I've used my name for sig lines and fictonal personae on this board since it opened.... The DG (in exile) |
| Civ Player |
posted 11-26-98 06:08 PM ET
It would really make my day if there were a University of Planet city called Gergatroid Labs. That's all I ask in life, oh Sid of Meier. and now I will pester you all with a barrage of smiley faces  |
| AUH20 |
posted 11-26-98 06:11 PM ET
A high ranking economist Matthew Goldwater would be appreciated in the Morgan Conglomerate. |
| Kurn |
posted 11-26-98 08:32 PM ET
They should definately put in Ohio, maybe brocolli could be a singularity, no? |
| Mortis |
posted 11-27-98 02:21 AM ET
When you evolve to a higher level of existance you should find out the true meaning of NIM. And don't forget to put Mount Olimpus in as well/ |
| CClark |
posted 11-27-98 11:08 AM ET
I was playing Fallout 2 last night and came across one of their "special" random encounters. It was the "Unwashed Villagers" beating up a Spammer. (For those that don't know, the UV is a bunch of the regular posters from the F2 board that formed a sort of Club.) When you clicked on the various characters, it gave the internet handles that they used: Lerk, Buffy, DoomBot, etc. Doesn't really fit for a SMAC-like game, but in the role-playing game it was kind of a nice tip'o'the hat. Maybe Firaxis could put in an Easter Egg... like typing "forum" while the credits are scrolling. Doing that would change the credits from the usual to a list of everyone that achieved Memeber status. Or something... |
| DJ RRebel |
posted 11-27-98 12:27 PM ET
CClark ... that's a great idea !!! They could post the SMAC award winners in there !!! Mount Olympus is a definate must !!! and the ultimate secret project >>> N1M |
| Mortis |
posted 12-02-98 08:15 AM ET
How about something included in the cut-scenes... I think that everyone or almost everyone should have a tiny role in the story, somethink like the list of poeple who didn't make the jouney to AC, the people in Cryobay 7. |
| Talon |
posted 12-03-98 07:51 PM ET
I think Talon would be a great city name for the Hive. Also I like the idea of finding the varius clubs. It could be set up like this: BoS:becomes city for finder,gain two military units, and +2 science bonus. IIIS: +6 science bonus CWAL:lowers morale creates 4 barbarian military units Any more clubs I missed? |
| Brother Greg |
posted 12-03-98 09:22 PM ET
If any of you remember back, there was the option to sign on to the roster in Episode #1 of the story. One tends to think they'll do SOMETHING with it... Brother Greg. |
| Victor Galis |
posted 12-03-98 09:43 PM ET
I want to be Uop defence minister, who gives advice like "Let's invent a superweapon to crush our enemies." or "Enemy raids are interfering with our research, perhaps we should invent a large warship to keep them busy." |
| warg |
posted 12-03-98 10:36 PM ET
In the lastest episode(28 i think) when they are discribing Yang's "room" they mention that he is sleeping someone's old cryocell and they say who's it was: His name was officer Rang. He did not survive the cryosleep. They VERY LIKELY got this name from Rang, who you may have seen on these forum. |
| Brother Greg |
posted 12-03-98 10:41 PM ET
There have been about a dozen or so people mentioned in the story from these forums. there was a thread about it, but I couldn't see it at a quick glance. Maybe it has been nexiid. Brother Greg. |
| Shining1 |
posted 12-03-98 11:58 PM ET
BG: Yes, but the only major role so far has been scored by Imran. 'Tis strange, no?
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| Imran Siddiqui |
posted 12-04-98 12:14 AM ET
Why is it strange that I was mentioned. I'll tell you why I was mentioned, because they needed someone to play opposite Morgan, and I was the only Morganite (well, AUH2O, but he wasn't posting much when they asked for names). Imran Siddiqui |
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